Yes, everytime I see it I miss Kate. I don't like Ziva much, I thought she would grow on me and she has a little but not enough. There was quite a good female agent for a couple of episodes between Kate and Ziva, why didn't they keep her.
I didn't like Tony to start with, but for some reason when I found that the actor who plays him is actually (relatively) old, I started to like him a bit more.
Has the director gone yet? She's a royal pain in the arse.